Society of General Physiologists

[3] The Society's international membership is made up of nearly 600 career physiologists who work in academia, government, and industry.

[4] The Society has become known for promoting research in many subfields of cellular and molecular physiology, but especially in the fields of membrane transport and ion channels, cell membrane structure, regulation, and dynamics, and cellular contractility and molecular motors.

The major activity of the Society is its annual symposium, which is held at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole, MA.

Society of General Physiologists symposia cover the forefront of physiological research and are small enough to maximize discussion and interaction among both young and established investigators.

Detailed information regarding the scientific agenda and registration is provided at the symposium website: https://web.archive.org/web/20150801070408/http://www.sgpweb.org/symposium2015.html Recent past symposium topics include: 2014 Sensory Transduction 2013 The Enigmatic Chloride Ion: Transport, Regulation, and Roles in Physiology 2012 Integrative Membrane Physiology in the Post-Genome Era 2011 Mitochondrial Physiology and Medicine 2010 New Optical Methods in Cell Physiology 2009 Muscle in Health and Disease 2008 Calcium Signaling and Disease 2007 Membrane Biophysics of Fusion, Fission, and Rafts in Health and Disease 2006 Chemotaxis, Invasion, and Phagocytosis: From Bacteria to Humans 2005 Na,K-ATPase & Related Cation Pumps: Structures, Mechanisms, & Diseases The Society also sponsors several award programs including the SGP Traveling Scholars Award Program to promote education and research in cell and molecular physiology.